Ben Tipple

DIY Magazine • 9th July 2021

Review: Half Waif - Mythopoetics

In direct contrast to the album’s title - itself related to myth - the fifth Half Waif album is instead an unfiltered discovery of Nandi’s place and role in the world.

DIY Magazine • 24th June 2021

Review: Lucy Dacus - Home Video

With ‘Home Video’, a product of isolation and a musical reckoning with her past, she confronts her history.

DIY Magazine • 11th June 2021

Review: AFI - Bodies

In fully embracing theatrics, their new wave leanings, and the unquestionable punk legacy, the band have landed on a sound both contemporary and unmistakably theirs.

DIY Magazine • 11th June 2021

Review: Garbage - No Gods No Masters

Both rhythmic and chaotic, it mirrors the frenetic turbulence of the times that have inspired it.

DIY Magazine • 7th May 2021

Review: Salem - Salem II

Salem II’ conjures images of vampires in dive bars, the audible partner for the likes of Tarantino’s ‘From Dusk Til Dawn’ or any of the ‘80s twisted love stories.

DIY Magazine • 7th May 2021

Review: MAN ON MAN - MAN ON MAN

It delivers a positive view of a genuine and lasting relationship removed from the artificiality that often surrounds gay representation, led by two creatives who this far into their musical career continue to break the mould.

DIY Magazine • 30th April 2021

Review: Glüme - The Internet

That ‘The Internet’ is intangible is remarkably fitting for LA newcomer Glüme’s otherworldly sound, sitting somewhere between the concise theatrics of St Vincent, the stylised melancholia of Lana Del Rey, and the early morning hours in a Berlin nightclub.

DIY Magazine • 8th April 2021

Review: Skullcrusher - Storm In Summer

“I thrust my foot through the windshield,” Skullcrusher’s Helen Ballentine sings with delicate brutality on the opener of her folk-meets-bedroom-indie EP, ‘Storm In Summer’.

DIY Magazine • 2nd April 2021

Review: Nasty Cherry - The Movie

It’s like everything that has come before was just the pilot, and now it’s time for the real show.

DIY Magazine • 28th March 2021

Review: Citizen - Life In Your Glass World

“I hope you learn to love yourself,” Citizen offer in the album’s closing moment, having spent almost half a decade re-evaluating their own influences and defiantly doing things the exact way they want.

DIY Magazine • 28th March 2021

Review: serpentwithfeet - DEACON

As the world continues to wrestle with the individual freedoms of the Black, LGBT+ and combined communities, ‘DEACON’ looks for hope in love, much like in the spirituality that birthed it.

DIY Magazine • 26th March 2021

Review: NewDad - Waves

NewDad deliver with notable confidence, not just in their sound but in their understanding of wide-reaching human emotion and the unpredictable impact of others.

DIY Magazine • 25th March 2021

Live Review: Julien Baker, Virtual Gig, Nashville

As has become common place at a Julien Baker live show, in those moments of silence between songs, there’s a communal exhale. In her music she captures her demons, in her live show she embodies their release.

DIY Magazine • 14th March 2021

Feature: Tigers Jaw - On Letting Go

In their many guises Tigers Jaw continue to make sure they are doing it right for themselves, and for the legacy and message they put out into the world.

DIY Magazine • 9th March 2021

Review: Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me

The confidence and togetherness on display outweighs that of its predecessor, and early adopters will already have welcomed the band’s shifting direction or moved on.

DIY Magazine • 26th February 2021

Review: Julien Baker - Little Oblivions

A soundtrack for those searching for hope in difficult times, particularly when the wider world has removed easy distraction from the pain.

Rock Sound Magazine • 24th February 2021

Feature: Jetty Bones - “I Believe In A World Where We Can Feel Safe To Talk About What We Are Struggling With”

Having already built a strong community with heartfelt releases across the past five years, Jetty Bones, the musical moniker of Kelc Galluzzo, is gearing up to release her debut full-length ‘Push Back’ on Friday (February 26) via Rise Records.

Rock Sound Magazine • 24th February 2021

Feature: Here Are 15 Alternative LGBTQ+ Anthems Made To Be Played Loud And Proud

As the UK celebrates LGBT+ History Month, here are 15 alternative rock and punk anthems from the past 30 years to play loud and fucking proud...

DIY Magazine • 1st February 2021

Review: Celeste - Not Your Muse

Celeste begs for a return to smoky, underground stages, and much like the stars that paved her way, carries with her the bona fide class to make it all her own.

DIY Magazine • 21st January 2021

Review: Lande Hekt – Going To Hell

It cements ‘Going To Hell’ as a celebration of personal freedom, and the unwavering right for people to be afforded the opportunity to be comfortable in themselves.